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The Portland daily press., 1887-08-13

Sanford's Ginger for the Aged

There is something at once touching and beauti-
full the contemplation of the universal confidence
reposed in SANFoRD's GINGER. And justly so.
With what alacrity it responds to the cry of dis
trcss. No cold or chill or cramp or pain has ever
made demand upon it for relief or cure that has
not met with instant and grateful response.
Prepared from Imported Ginger, Choice Aromat-
les and French Brandy, SANFoRD's GINGER in
stanty relieves cramps and pains, speedily checks
all forms of summer Ills, prevents indigestion, de-
stroys disease GERMS In water drunk restores the
circulation and digestion when suspended by a
chll,-a frequent cause Of cholera morbus,-
breaks up colds and feyers and wards off malaria.
contagious, and epidemic Influences
Never travel without SANFoRD's GINGER.
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DEATHS.

In this city, Aug. IL, John O'Brion, aged 65
years.
Funeral this afternoon at 2 O'Clock from No. 8
Cove street.
In this city. Aug. IL, Bertha j., daughter Of
Frederick and Ella M. Smith, aged year mos.
Funeral this Saturday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
at harrington Place.
In Bridgton, Aug. 6, Mrs Wealthy Rogers aged
81 years months,-widOw of Geo. Rogers.
In Bridgton, Aug. 8, Clara Ellen, daughter of
Joseph p. and Dollie f. ingalls,, aged 1 year
month.
In Gardiner, Aug. 6, Mrs, Catharine Shay, aged
80 years.
In Randolph, Aug. 3, Elizabeth III. Whitehouse,
aged IS years months.
In West Gardiner, Aug. 2, Richard Spear, aged
"a years.
I'm Kennebunkport, Aug. 8, Mary F. widow of
the late Amos Chase of Saco
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bouquet, Atkinson's new perfume. This superb
distillation sweety recalls fragrant Swiss flowers
Bright jewels, in a setting of perpetual snow.
pch30 VAST
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TEyHE following list of Taxes on Real Estate OF
Il NOn-Resdent owners in the Town of Wind
ham for the year Eighteen Hundred and Eighty
six 1850, in bills committed to Joseph w
Doughty. Collector Of said Town. ON the twentieth
day of June (2Oth), A. ID. (lS56l Eighteen Hun
bred and Eighfy-sIx, has been returned to me by
him as remaining unpaid on the eighteenth 1sth5
Of June, A. ID. QSS7) Eighteen Hundred and
Eighty-seven, by his certificate of that date, and
now remain unpaid and notice is hereby given
that If the said taxes, interest and charges, are
not paid into the Treasury of the said Town with
In eighteen months from the commitment OF the
said bills, so much OF the real estate as will be
sufficient to pay the amount due therefor iDclud
ing interest and charges win without further no
tice be sold at public auction at the Selectmen's
office, in said Windham on SATURDAY, the
l2Sth) twenty-elghth day OF January, AID, Q88s)
Eighteen Hundred and Eighty-eigfft at / o'clock
in the afternoon.
Names of Nonresident Amount
or Unknown. Value. of Tax.
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NEW ADvERrlsEmENTs CODA
The Sunday Telegram.
The Engadine

Six pages for cents: al the town tattle; all
the local news; boating and sporting; latest by
telegraph; has become Sunday necessity
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Greenwood Garden.

The following will be the programme OF
the sacred concert by Chandeliers Band to-
morrow:
March to Calvary, from the Redemption. .Gounod
"reminiscences of Wagner ..............M eyrelles
Medley of Gospel Hymns. .................B Bennett
Grand Selection from Macbeth. .............V Verdi
Gloria from MoZart's 18th Mass. Mozart
Overture-Irrfort inns Gluck. ............S uppe
Selections from Mariana. ..............Du Dubois
Bethany-Nearer My God to Thee. ....... Reeves
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-13

If you are tired taking the large, old-fashion ed
gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver Pills and
take some comfort. man can't stand every
thing. One pill dose.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-13

As aheathful summer drink, with water, milk
iced water, lemonade, effervescent draughts, and
mineral waters, ii is the best.
Mothers worn out with the cares of maternity
or the household, or when weak, nervous and n.y.
sterical, should take dose of this delicious invig
ant. No other remedy is so wholesome palatable,
and safe for delicate women, young children, and
the aged.
For the nervous, sleepless, and mentally and
physically oyerworked or worn out, SANFoRD's
GINGER is pure and safe invigorator. 1t eradi-
Gates craving for iatoxicants in those addicted to
their excessive use, allays nervousness, assists
digestion andlpromotes sleep.
Beware of worthless "gingers' Extensively urged
nv mercenarv druppisfs IN thnqa who call for
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MUNICIPAL COURT.
BEFORE RECORDER DYE.

BEFORE RECORDER DYE.
SATURDAY.-John Carroll. .Lremiah Black In
to1ication. Each h!sssa 50 and COSTS.
koss MciIRe. Common drunkard. Sixty days
i'll nc County TAIL.
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ST. CATHARINE'S HALL, AuS ms.

The RI Rev ii. A. Medley, ID. d., President The
Rev. w. ID. Martin, A. M. Principal. 2Oth year
opens Sept IA Terms s275 and $3.50. Strong
corps OF teachers. Special advantages IN Art and
Music. Send for circular. 1y25eodl0w
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Names Of Northeastern
rITnlnax.t..


Homestead farm lately oc-
ecupied by them in District
Highway deficiency. Ala
Bailey. Hewitt, piece of land
in district ii, bounded S
w Standish and Gray road,
by land f. o. Pride, w by
land Edwin Libby.......... $500 80
Highway deficiency .04
land with buildings thereon
boundedw by Sebago Lake,
N by VIM. BrazierSs land
Z by Bridgton and Portland
Cobb, Geo. W.. Deeriinig O'O0 O
range lot 81, bounded by
g. W. Willey's land and w
by land Of A. N. Sayward.. 5000 SO
Cobb Albion E., Biddeford.
house and land at North
Mindham village bounded
by Portland and Bridg-
N ton road, by land Of Boody
heirs by A.Manns land. 1125.00 1850
Craig, Stilman A., Portland,
homestead and farm lately
occupied by him.. ........... $4,000 1888
Highway deficiency. ........ 2.24
Elliot, George Boston, piece
Of land in lot 1879, range 2,
bounded n by Gray line, S
by land Of E. Styles. 1900 80
Hawkes. and Ward, Daniel s.
Hawkes. farm in district IL
on which they formerly re-
Highway deficiency i.5s
Herrick Marx, former home
stead of his in Dist No. Is. 1880 1.3S
Highway deficiency. IT
Knight, Charles, Is acres of
Highway deficiency '0OO III
Law, Thomas X, lot of land
at Malleson Falls bounded
S W by Presumpscott Riv-
er, Z by p. & o. r. r. and
S e, T. L. Robinson land.
lot land s120 at Dundee
Falls, bounded N by r.
Mayberry land. ............. 10000 1924
Highway deficiency. Al
Lewis and Knight, Falmouth,
easterly half lot So, range
2, forming Falmout line. 10000 500
Lewis, Thaddeus, Falmouth,
P Pscs 1s % lsn q i ~ 81, SOu SSE.
ed W by land of Z. andI
Wilson, W by land of J.
Piece Of land on side i'0oo
range 2, lot 81, bounded
byland Of I. j. Wilson, L by
Morton, Edward c., lot Of
Pla@mer, Alvin, Deering, 'o'Oo 80
homestead and farm former
ly occupied by j. L. Leach. $4,000
Wood lot of 45 acres........ 1900 1925
Shaw, Nathaniel, Portland,
former homestead and farm $4,000
Lot land bounded 4 by
+. S by land s. A. West n
w by land I. @. Hawkes.. 10000
Piece of land in lot bound
ed S by A. r. Stevens land,
N by land of d. J. Sawyer,
and w by road leading by. 10000
Lot of land bounded N Eby
land of N. l.. Hawkes.. and
Il by road leading by w. +.
Sawyer's, by II. Wood
bury's land .................. 226.00
Dolley lot ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000 31.I2
Highway deficiency. ........ 2.59
Strout. VIM. E.. WestbrO0k,
house and lot at N. Wind
ham village now occupied
by Simon B. Strout. $4,000 800
Highway deficiency. "a
Ward0rell, William f., Bos-
ton Mass, lot of land at L.
Falls village, about Al acres,
bounded N 4 by river road,
by p. & q. II. II. and s
Z by land j. Frink. ........ 10000 1850
Highway deficiency......... 100
Young, Levi b., Portland
house and lot at Wind
ham village, bounded w by
Portland and Bridgton road
by land B Manchester,
and by land. .............. 10000 2.40
Highway defciency........ 80
FRED s. HAWKES., Treasurer
OF the Town OF Wndham.
August II, 1887. aug13dlt&w3w
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Sunday Services.

Take d. X. and be o. X See advertisement
mars deod6m
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OIIZZLN<1D1zS5G
~srzzZzlslSazCsS IsysEssa.
NONRESIDENT TAXES

I'm the Town of Windham, County of Cum-
berInnd i'm the state of Maine, for the
year assoc Eighteen Hundred and
EiRhty-six.
The Portland daily press., 1887-08-13

NOR sALE-One story house, finished for 2
il families, 10 rooms and wash room In base
ment All AS good as new, 3 coats paint outside, 80
feet land ON the street, being back Sc feet, nice
garden, apple and pear trees and currant, goose
inc ripht on me White Mountains Apply TO RIB.
WHITCOMB, No. 81 Preble street. or No. 20
Cleaves street. 10
NOR sALE-Stock and fixtures Of a fancy
IL goods store In neigboring city, at moder-
ate price; good location and trade. Enquire OF
CHENERY g. co. lo-o
ITO LET-Pleasant and thoroughly furnished
II rooms single or en- suite, with modern con-
veniences and perfect plumbing, at "a PARK
Street. lo-l
NOR sALE-In the western part OF the city,
T q new house with modern conyenlencesi very
desirable location. Address HOUSE, Press once.
l31
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-24

Robbie would not allow q single one of his
precious 'ammulsn to be sacrificed, and at
last he became so o~bstreperous that his
mother was obliged to punih him by shutting
him into a good sized closet which had
always stood between the chimney and the
gable window. Robbie did not enjoy his i'm
~prisonment ard kicked and cried until he
made the very rafteis ring, but suddenly
after q rather more violent outbreak than
usuel there was a silence, and his mother
waited a while, surprised at this new freak,
and then she opened the door and looked in.
There on the floor sat Robbie, with a piece
OF the Dashboard lying fiat, and disclosing a
hole within which was a tin box. This he
was trying to pull out, but it seemed too
heavy for him to move, and soon Mrs. Hicks
had 1T out and was examining it. When she
had wiped off the dust he found paintedl
upon it in white letters HOwen Hardcastle.n
1t needed no more to take every bit Of
strength she had and make her sink white
and suffocating on the chair. This was her
grandfather's name! What if this box con-
tanned the money he was supposed to have
hidden somewheres 1t was heavy enough.
a moments reflection convinced her that, as
she was the only living member of all the
family, this box and its contents were hers,
and SO with a knife and piece of wood she
pried it open and found even as she had
hoped. The box was full of gold, and also
contained several valuable diamonds, so that
this woman, who had the night before been
on the verge of despair from poverty, and
who had had to make a travesty of her
neager dinner to give her fatherless babies a
little of the joy that Christmas brings, was
lifted above want again.
But, though she had found this treasure,
and she knew it was her w in all right, she
was too sensible a little woman to bruit the
news about, and SO they sat down to their
Christmas dinner of soup made out of a
whole m~enagerie, and up to this day, though
she lives in a different way now, the lawyers
never got wind of her inheritance nor share
in it. Robbie and Ruthie have pretty toys,
but probably none OF them have ever been
quite as dear to their little hearts as the
strange animals their mothers breaking
heart wrought out for their pleasure.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-24

TX.
started fm Richmond in July, 1862, a lad
Is years old, a junior in college, and chatting
to be at tito double quick it after John
Browns soul, which, since it did not require
a knapsack, or three days ~rations, or a can
teen, or a halt during the night for sleep,
was always marching N. On the night be-
fore Christmas, 1862, / was a detected young
patriot, wishing ] hadn't done it, shivering
in the open weather a mile back of the Rap
pahannock, on the reserve picket, and ex-
| posed to q wet snowstorm. There was not a
stick of wood within five miles of us; all cut
down, even the roots Of trees dug up and
burned. Welaydown on our rubber blankets,
pulled our wooden blankets over us, spoened
it as close as we could get, to steal warmth
from our comrades, and tried not to cry.
Next morning the snow lay heavy and
deep, and the men, when walked and looked
about me, reminded rne Of a church grave
yard iii winter. The snow covered us all,
and my comrades seemed as if q small ceme-
tery-just like a graveyard and its mounds.
HFall in for picket duty! There, come,
Moore, McManus, Paxton, Perrine, Pollock;
fall int We fell in, of course. No break
fast; chilled TO the marrow; snow a foot
deep. We frightened our belts on our empty
stomachs, seized our rifles, and marched to
the river to take omr six hours on duty.
It was Christmas Day, 1869. "And SO this
is war; my old me said to himself, while he
paced in the wet snow his two hours on the
rivers brink. s.And I am out here to shoot
that lean, lanl, coughing, cadaverous look
ing butternut fellow over the river. So this
is war; this is being a soldier; this is the genu-
inc article: this is &. Greeley's On to Rich
mond-' Well, I visible were only here inmy
place, running to keep warm; pounding his
arms and breast to make the chilled blood
circulate So this is war, trampi,ig up and
down this river my fifty yards with wet feet,
empty stomach, swollen nose"
Alasl when lying under the trees in the col
lege anlpu last June, war meant to me mar.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-24
THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

~
From the shelf | hang, suspended
In the firelight's glow, distended
Till my sides are almost split with everything
that's gp0d;
I'm SO full that it's a question
If ] don't have indigestion
Never yet was I 50 stuffed with such peculiar
food
In my toe ioh. goodness graciousi
declare II is vexatious)
Some one's put a big potato and it makes me feel
so strange;
wonder, now, what made them do IL.
Do you know That right next so 1t !
They have put a lot Of ca~ndy-something sweeter
for q changer
Then n bank to save up money
And a man that acts so funny
When you pull him sharply by his striugy hempen
tail;
"A picture book, some small tin fishes
And q set of little dishes;
Pair Of mittens, popcorn and o little wooden pail.
Then on top a piece of paper,
Isn't this a funny caperf
Perhaps they want TO burden me with some now
tangled dish.
Let me trying best to con 1t.
Why, this is what they've written on il.
~Aay you have a merry Christmas Is my hearty
wish Tom Mason
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va ue,a in 4an goisaoas piis sa 81, !. olue ai.s'
~ : sa.i aie L y eni'niis ny :,
~ nSli " Ano suniuisuous ihe,iioiies u
pua 1l en- rli Sstsal enen iegion' enee iaise
y lne pm puo thls.
NAV ! mlshl were Nome Ley me see.
noae' sou . country. "a eeaIs-Ses ~ =
tsai: inag are sley do,lg az no1hes nus -
Guiiseiias pay, iooS. LONE Weu' se9sA-
inss On sthe wal, canuy, .urAey, lun, merry
, rhliseilas, anu .ie iace u ene gil ,eie q.
,hna, alo,ner .eals les, couiailp heip ~,
! was oi'iy 70, anu mere was SUCH . eoh.raso
pesMeel 1pl'sei1as' -so., oh tne f.appanah-
nosh, anu osiiea enlis.iiases' res mere was
2 sii' 9msuo sSest es es' s'al iohs aasnes'
usn q 'gm, 'enuef Noipe Sone, iho s
s.nn, ~ ~ 80 1aele. sn.s sne iiie
..rls1,e 1913 y eie oeiei, mi
Leiio' 0o'h1y, "hae aiesou up oos Inc
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-24
CHRISTMAS THE HAppIesT.

Among all our holidays. Christmas is the
happiest. Other days, like the Fourth of
Jaly and Decoration Day, have a patriotic
association which is inspiring, and New
Years. Day Inns an ~adInonitory significance
which is pathetic. But the tradition Of
Christmas is more universal ard ideal than
that Of other holidays, because it is the feast
OF fraternity, of human sympathy and help
fulness. Not onlyis its sentiment glory TO
God, but its distinctive gospel is peace OH
earth and good win tt man. It is the one
day in the year4nn ssl,ich selflshness is the
most odious in. Its peculiar observance is
obvious, palpable, active thought Of others.
We all live under the general law of charity
and of doing good. But this is the day on
which we must make sure that cur light
shines so that men shall see our good wcrka-
Harper's Weekly.
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Al We're gone, ana she lett alone to battle
Wiuii sach hiiaru world. had ~ nop
Ytnose t@o iittle cniidren up stairs the icy
river would nave soon closed her book OF sor-
row.
she reached her room The children were
fast asleep, n she lighted the lamp and sat
Gown y me ilteie stove.
II We starve,9 she said, u cannot work
So,nighu'
ny and by mechanically she went about
ana pug the little room TO rights, and hung
tae ehildren5s worn clothing over the chair
paeK, ana teoK the meat for the next days
ainaer a3u supper RON It's bag. The yege-
uanies iay upon the table, with the apples.
These she wiped softly and then sat down
AGAIN looking at them IN a dream. Sud
denly sue gave a nervous little laugh, saying:
w Lr VIII arruse theln at any rate.n
ineh she TOOK knife and piece OF kind
ing ana IN a little While cut it in small
sticks, and these she counted until she had
the number she needed, and set to work.
sue found the TWO potatoes adapted to her
Plan, Which was to make horses OF them by
sucking Tour legs, a tail and two ears into
tnein. treated the same way the two red
onions made rather awkward but pretty
coiored cows, and TIE turnips became o tiger
ono the carrot an alligator.
Inese made quite q little menagerie when
SET upon the table In position to attract the
chlidrens attention the first thing in the
morning, and a red apple. was thrust into
eacn Wen dOned STOCKING they were hung
upon the board which served for a mantel-
piece.
out OF nothing mother love devised a
blV OF Christmas for her little ones,a and when
this was done, somehow her heart was
lighter and She blessed God for the inspira-
tion alad that she had her children and
health, and thanked him while she lay down
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MOTHERS M"ENAGERIE.
BY oLrvn HARPER,

Some sixty years ago Madison street. in
New York wasone Of the most ~aristocratic
streets in the city, and on beth sides it was
built with stately ston. mansions, with vide
,Shailsy, Immense p~s4rlers and large handsome
rooms and each hadp garden in the rear.
Now:sfdib weaithy old Quaker families who
once inhabited them are gone and tile whole
street has degenerated until it Isl known as a
ssssssa isII1ssrl Eglse district and these old
7 syliises arc OF ragged mir starved chill
firens pale, .wretched women, and a gener-
S7aily honest but rough class of men. Every
hpuse hos a family in every room, where
they eat, work and sleep, and even where
there III the most sobriety there is still enough
of noise, uahealthiness and misery. In most
cf them mems runken curses and woman
and Jchildreii's shrill screams are heard al
most hoarly.
In tho attic roort of one of the handsomest
OF these old houses there lived d widow with
her Two children, Ruth and Robert. No
words can picture. the bare deaolGtion of that
room, but in spite OF the bitter poverty SO
apparent 1t was neat and cles:n. The voting
smothss was born In this house, as had been
heie father, and though she now owned
nothing ON earth but the wretched furniture
ahot.t her and she could barely pay the rent
OF this cheelless attic, her heart chung to the
old house and hero she staid. Her father had
died suddenly, as had his father before him,
and Abby. hts only child, had married a man
who was unworthy his trust and in q short
/ time he had ~dissipated every dollar they
;ftoSsessei and then had died. mercifully for
shis wife and little children
Abby hicks had tried to earn a living since
thals Int with. delicate health nd, two help.
less bubbles she could not do much. Likesthe
great MINORITY of women, She had no resource
but her needle, and she fosad: employ iii d
shirt iTactory, and by Shaving night and day
s$as Doug as her pocr little hands could hold the
work, she 1aanaged to keep her children and
herself alive. Their clothes were the last Of
tho OF better days, and were almost falling
of them from sheer age, though the patient
little fingers had patched and darned them
over and over, and her heart sank as she
wondered where she cenld get mora.
Her grandfather mad been a thrifty Old man,
ssarla everybody bad supposed him rich; but
when he died it was found that this house
/ apd:a few Thousand dollars, which WINS at i'm
/ tArest, was all he had, and it was never quite
understood hut no amount of searching in
papers Or banks brought to light anything
more and the search was finally dropped
~thonghstha question was often discussed
IT grew too dark to sew and not quite darl
enough to light tile lamp, and this hour TIL.
little mother usually took to run ont and d,
her marketing for the next day; and so tell
ing the children 10 lilo still in bed, for it wa
bitterly cold up there SO near the roof. she
book her thfeadbare shawl, and throwing II
Z around her startesi ont.
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| Christmas, Van

"Al right; you shall nave some OF oiir
coffee and sugar and pork. Boys, find the
boats.n
Such boatsl I see the children sailing them
on the small lakes in our Central Park. Some
Yankee, desperately hungry for tobacco, in
vented them for trading with the Johnnies.
They were hid away under the banks of the
river for successive relays of pickets.
We got out the boats. An old handkerchief
answered for a sail. We loaded them with
coffee, sugar, pork, and set the sail, and
watched them slowly creep to the other shore.
And the Johnniesa To see them crowd the
bank, and push and scramble to be first to
seize the boats, going into the water, and
stretching out their long arms! Then when
they pulled the boats ashore, and stood in a
| group over the cargo, and to hear their ex-
Carnations: ''Hurrah for hogl' Say, that's
not roasted rye, but genuine coffee. Smell
it, you uns." And sugar, too.n Then they
divided the consignment. They laughed and
shouted, Reckon you uns been good to we
uns this Christmas Day, Yanks.n Then they
put parched corn, tobacco, ripe persimInons,
into the boats, and sent them back to us.
And we chewed the parched corn, smoked
| real Virginia leaf, ate persimmons, which, if
they weren't very filling, at least contracted
our stomachs to the size of our Christmas
dinner. And SO the day passed. We shouted,
merry Christmas, johnny" They shouted,
Same to you, Yank.n And we forgot the
biting wind, the chilling cold; we forgot
| those men over there were our enemies,
whom it might be our duty to shoot before
evening.
We had bridged the riyer-spanned the
bloody chasm. We were brothers, not foes,
waving salutations of good will in the name
of the Babe of Bethlehem, on Christmas Day,
in '62. At the very front of the opposing
armies the Christ Child struck a truce for US
broke down the wall of partition, became
our peace. We exchanged gifts. We shouted
greetings back and forth. We kept Christ
mas, and our hearts were lighter for it and
our shivering bodies were not quite SO cold.
Go thou and do likewise; push no poor debtor,
prosecute no quarrel, bear no grudge, at
Christmas time; forgive your enemies, re-
member your mercies and do not brood over
your misfortunes, at Christmas time. II the
times are hard do not let the children know
it, or Lazarus on your doorstep become
aware of it, at Christmas time, 10 his deeper
despair. Cannot you be cheerful and brave
by your firesides, as we soldiers we've on the
R~appahannock on Christmas Day in '62,
shouting good wills to rebels on the opposite
shorea Let us all shake bands or Christmas